Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1887-12-18
From Tuesdays DGily.l
HALMAGUSDI.

u church debt.
Milf Pile. foreman for Scott & Co..
In in town to-day.
Juan Sivivio shot and killed Jose
Verevos at Cotez last Thursday night.
DR.. Liebig Il Co., of the World Dis
pvnSary. San Francisco. LIFT Lag: even.
ing for Ogden.
The thanks of the I~SDEPE>DESr are
hereby rendered Hon. Wm. ii. Stewart
for Public Documents.
A lad at Newcastle. Pa, recently re-
ceiyed Il turnip ~ n reward for stopping
II farmers runaway team.
/ Maurice H-aIey. Of Ruby Valley.
spent yesterday in town aud left for
home by asst evenings train.
AR. john NJ. Dorsey has removed his
family to Elko. Residence on CUuIt
Street, adjoining A. &. Dawley's.
Miss Lonvan C~raishead has finished
her term Of school in Clover Valley lis
trict aud returned home for the VIM
ter.
A discussion of sur, luS revenue aud
Canadian Relations. with the couip!i-
meuts Of Wharton Barker. has reached
our table.
"Pa is it right to call II man born in
Poland n Polr?' "Of course. my
child" We'll. then. il a man is born
in Holland, is he a Holc?"
Those who desire to purchase Christ
mas goods should make their selections
before the stock runs low. Our mcr-
chants are selling off rapidly.
The near-sigh,rd man has one great
advantage over the rest Of mankind.
lie can cut his creditors on the street
with an aspect of perfect serenity.
Rcveill.:-Rcv. Father ]. j.. Callan
died in Mnrysvills, December 4th Of
paralysis Of the brain. He WIS here
last July or August ON n visit to Father
Phelau.
II avy White Envelopes. size AZ,
with your card neatly printed thereon,
800 for a. 30, ut the INDEPENDENT Of
fee. Large sized envelopes proper
tionntely low.
Last Sundays edition OF the San
Francisco Examiner consisted OF SO. 900
copies OF u sixteen page paper, rcquir.
ing 40 miles of paper. Verify the Ex-
amincr il Monarch of the Dmljcs.
L. Penrod returned from his Sum
mer residence at Island Mountain yes
t~eriIy. lie will remain III town during
TIE Winter. as he can do nothing in
mining at this season of the year.
Distric, Attorney Geo. +. Talbot left
last evening for st. Louis. lie vii
probably proIong his journey to the
Atlantic seahuard MD eat hi, Christmas
dinner in New England. Mr.. Talbot
will be absent until the latter part Of
January.
Idaho AvnlanchC:-It every man
could have his own way this world
would 30 TO wreck in less time than it
takes us TO write these lines. 1t j. a
good 'hing that all persons 10 not think
and act alike. and that ali men may
differ III opinion and still be honest.
For the benefit Of the public we are
requested 10 ]annouucc that the Erzt
meeting OF the Board 81 Examiners for
Elko county viii lie held some time in
March next, due notice uf which will he
given through the papers by County
SuperntruI,nt Stone.
Tie difference between the financial
situation Of Elko and White Pine com
ties is seen il the fact that while White
Pine county pays her inIrlt,dnc,s in
scrip worth 81. cents GU the doll IT.
Elko county pays NIL 81 inns in full on
demand, having now nearly 500, 700
in coin in her Treasury.
The Baker Democrat says that the
nv htiIttN III lht lNiItS III bTdbu monde
valley burned over eight miles square,
consuming several THOUSAND tons Of
hay, farm houses and mills of fence.
Horses and cattle were saved with great
difficulty. The railroad company had
sent out al ngru. 10 ascertain the dam
age.
Reno Gnzcttc:-Ex L. s. Surveyor
General, of Nevada, G. G.. PownIug.
claims over thirty thousand acres OF
Nevada lnud which he tried To get his
Fms on while he was holding nm o0i,c
Of public trust. II has been suggested
to him That he file uou.mineral um ity:tS
on the same, but nS yet he declines to
do 80. II might materially aid Nrva-
dn's Land Agent in his duties ut Wash.
ington il Powniug would comply with
the requirements Of the U. ). Land
Office.
The decision given by the Supreme
Court of the United States anirmS the
right Of n State. in the use Of It's police
powers. to prohibit the manufacture aud
sale o! wine nnd beer. This conclu ion
has one useful tendency, for IL confines